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Catch 22 - 120 parking spots needed for month in Toronto!

eddyb1978

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Hey guys,

Here is the situation and I hope i can gather some feedback her...

I have recently been elected to sit on the board of Directors for my stacked condo-townhouse complex (Dundas West/Bloor ) last week.....

I am now faced with this dilemma....

The builder is willing to completely redo our parking ramp (concrete with electric heating system underneath etc...) and the job will take approx about 3 weeks. The catch 22 here is 150 cars need to be parked elsewhere!!! for 3 weeks and the owners need to make arrangements accordingly.

The current board of Directors along with ppty mgmt have managed to find 30 spots ( between guest parking and adjoining buildings) and now we are left with 120 cars needing to park for 3 weeks...

I have asked the property Manager to pursue the following..

1- Check with the city permit office to see how many permits they can award for cars to park on the roads nearby

2- Check into big entertainment venues like BMO field, ACC, Ontario Place to see if each can award few parking spots in exachange of $ ( it all adds up ....)

3- Another Option is to liaise with private paid parking lots but most likely these guys will NOT accept a large volume of cars to occupy for 3 weeks


Other thoughts? Recommendations? New direction??...


Many thanks for taking a peak at this...

Cheers,
Eddy
 

Thomas Beyer

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QUOTE (eddyb1978 @ Jul 20 2009, 05:21 PM) 3- Another Option is to liaise with private paid parking lots but most likely these guys will NOT accept a large volume of cars to occupy for 3 weeks
Sure they will .. if the cheque the condo board writes is big enough !

Isn`t phased renovation an option i.e. in stages ?
 

eddyb1978

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Hey Thomas,

Actually the builder will be paying for it fully and since it`s the only ramp leading down phased reno is NOT very feasible....

the bottleneck we are facing is getting over 100 cars to park somewhere! Any ideas?

Cheers,
Eddy
 

eddyb1978

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Thanks Manoj.

I guess i really got my feet pretty wet with the parking issue! lol

Cheers,
Eddy
 

terri

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QUOTE 1- Check with the city permit office to see how many permits they can award for cars to park on the roads nearby

I guess this one is not even an option until the city strike ends is it?
 

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I`m just make it up to the tenants to find their own parking. Maybe compensate each person $50 bucks for the inconvenience of them having to do this. That way everyone is helping to solve it.
 

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QUOTE (eddyb1978 @ Jul 25 2009, 09:20 AM) thanks guys for all the feedback... keep it coming. :- )


Challenge them to go green! I assume the vehicles can stay in their parking stall, they just can`t be moved for 3 weeks. Compensate those who agree to leave in the stall as you won`t have to find an alternate. You never know, some might be away at that time and not need their vehicle.

Worth a try!
 

eddyb1978

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Thanks REIN Friends..
I`m compiling all feedback and sharing with my Director peers in our meeting next week...
So any more feedback is welcome.... i got 5 more days til the next meeting..

Great to see all the different opinions shared on here.
Cheers,
Eddy
 
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